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गजस्नान (gajasnAna)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
गजस्नान gajasnAna
n.
ablution of elephants
गजस्नान gajasnAna
n.
unproductive efforts
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गज—स्नान
n.
‘ablution of elephants’, unproductive efforts (as elephants, after squirting water over their bodies, end by throwing dust and rubbish),
W.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
गजस्नानम्
नपुं*
गज-स्नानम् -
हाथी का स्नान करना
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
गजस्नान
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಆನೆಯು ಮಾಡುವ ಸ್ನಾನ
प्रयोगाः - > "तीर्थानामवगाहनानि गजस्नानं विना यत्पदद्वन्द्वाम्भोरुहंसस्मृतिं विजयते देवः नारायणः"
उल्लेखाः - > मु० मा०
L R Vaidya
English
gaja-snAna {% n. %} 1. bathing of an elephant (lit.)
2. vain or unproductive efforts resembling the ablution of elephants which, after squirting water over their bodies end by throwing dirt and rubbish (fig.), e.g. (हस्तिस्नानमिव क्रिया Hit.i.